Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35252, Ichabod Doughty, Mass.

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Doughty Ichabod
S 35252
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13.280 Q
District of Maine
Ichaboa Doughty
of Brunswick in the state of Me who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Jackson of the Mapachy line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of July 1819 and sent to Josiah Stebbins Esq. Bath District of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819.  82. 63    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep 1819.  48. 00    10 Mo \frac{6}{20} \frac{4}{31}   $130. 63  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Let to E. Evett June 16. 1835. Copies of papers sent to same July 2. 1835.
Notification sent the 5 th July, 1820, to Rev B. Sylvester, Esq.
Bath Maine.

35 252
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35-252
Richard Doughty Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Bucksport, Maine, June 24. 1835.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir, Having been informed by the Land Agent of the State of Maine, that it is important for me to obtain from your Office copies of my original application for a pension from the United States & of the evidence offered in support of the same, in order to prove my title to a grant of land under a recent Resolve of the State of Maine, I have to request of you to forward the necessary copies. My pension certificate is dated at June 25. 1818 and numbered 13,280 and contained as appears by your letter dated July 5 th 1820 now in my possession.
Please direct the papers to Bucksport, Maine care of Ebenezer Dyer, or if you prefer it, to the Land Agent of this State at Augusta.
Respectfully, your obed Servant, Witness my hand Ichabod Doughty M c Keen. his  mark

June 30.
for
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, Dist. of Columbia.
19 July 79.
United States Mr. Act 1878

Schaboa Doughty. Private Col. Jackson's Regt Mass Line 1781- 3 years - dec. 25 th Ap l 188
The certificate of the Lodge as to the Credibility & disinterestedness of the within witness, is wanting -
Admitted
Ap. 25.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Simsbury COUNTY, ss. }
To the Hon. Joseph Stebbins one of the Judges - of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, (called the Second eastern Circuit ) which is a Court of record in the State of Massachusetts.
The Declaration under Oath of Schabod Doughty formerly a Corporal engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the town of Barnesville county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Schabod Doughty enlisted into Captain Thomas  Stark's company, in the 9th Reg't Mass line commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson in the month of January 1781 for three years and continued to serve in the same company and Regiment until Jan'y. 1784, at which time he was honorably Discharged in the City of New York which Discharge he lost having it worn out in his pockets, Soon after his leaving the army
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Schabod Doughty is now a Citizen of the United States, resides in the town of Barnesville county of Simsbury and State of Massachusetts, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
He is sixty three years of age, and was at the Battle of Kings Bridge in the State of New York
Therefore the said Schabod Doughty conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided.
his Ichabod X Doughty mark
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Personally appeared Ichabod Doughty Lincoln COUNTY, ss. } of the town of Barnes  Cambridge county of Lincoln  Barnes and State of Massachusetts, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn and subscribed before me this } Josiah Stebbins, 25 th day of April  July 1818, } a Judge of the C.C.B.P. 2 d E.E.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. } Personally appeared James Doughty and John Ferrin and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that they are personally acquainted with
Ichabod Doughty the aforesaid Deponent - that - They were with him in the some three years in his declaration mentioned, and know that he served as in his declaration al- leged. James Doughty John Ferrin
Sworn and subscribed before me this } 25 th day of April  July 1818, }
Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.B.P. 2 d E.E.
July 6. 1819. On satisfactory evidence I certify that the above James Doughty and John Ferrin, are disinterested and credible. Josiah Stebbins.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Jonah Stebbins a Judge of the the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, called the Second Eastern circuit of Massachusetts, which is a Court of record, personally appeared the aforesaid
Schabod Doughty
who being by me duly Sworn To the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and having duly subscribed the same, hath before me testified and declared as therein expressed, and on examination and inquiry it appears to me, that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Schabod Doughty did serve in the Infantry of the United States as a corporal in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, this Twenty fifth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Jonah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d E.C.
I do hereby certify that Jonah Stebbins is a Judge of the circuit courts of common pleas for the second Eastern circuit comprising the counties of Lincoln Kennebec & Somerset and that the foregoing are severally his signatures - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of April 1818 - Nathl. Coffin

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2 Sylvester

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
are exhibited, produced & filed the declaration & schedule following viz
ON this nineteenth day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared before Josiah Stebbins one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second eastern Circuit the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Schabode Doughty aged Sixty six years, resident in Bucksport in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Corporal in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Hunt in the Regiment commanded by Colonel H. Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty fifth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13.280 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Schabode Doughty his mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 19 day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Josiah Stebbins } One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
a small unfinished house and some ordinary furniture, my house stands on lands belonging to the town
Ichabod his Doughty marks
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ichabod Doughty who, by occupation am a labourer which I am unable to pursue by reason of lame ankle.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Eliza 57 my wife, has been unable for six years past.   Jacob 28. my son has lost his eyesight by the small pox   Abigail 22 my daughter, is in a consumption   Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk Ichabod his Doughty marks  
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is ten dollars and
cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.